"Run Lola Run" or "Lola Rennt" in its native Germany language was a 1998 film written and directed by Tom Tykwer and marked an international breakthrough for him. It is also one of the coolest films I have ever seen. Lola's boyfriend Manni has got himself in a horrible pickle. A simple exchange of diamonds for 100,000 Deutschmarks goes without a hitch - the delivery of said 100,000 Deutschmarks to some very unforgiving people however does not quite go to plan. Manni, unable to wait for Lola who was supposed to pick him up after the exchange, accidentally leaves the money on a subway train to be snaffled up by a tramp. With his meeting set for 12pm ...  Read the complete review

Run Lola Run is a cult 1998 German film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The premise is simple. Lola (Franka Potente) has only twenty minutes to come up with 100,000 marks and then get it to her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), a delivery boy for a dodgy gangster/smuggler. Manni absently left the money on a subway train for a moment - where it was stolen by an opportunistic observer - and now his life might well depend on whether Lola can somehow come up with 100,000 marks AND get it too him in only twenty minutes. To make matters even worse, her scooter has been stolen and the clock is already ticking away. Lola must hit the streets of Berlin and run as if her ...  Read the complete review

I only came across Run Lola Run because my favourite episode of The Simpsons, Trilogy Of Errors, contained an homage to this film. You may have seen it; it's the one where they show one day from the perspective of each family member. Lisa is late for her school science fair, so she runs down the street to some techno background music. I subsequently learned that that scene is based on Lola Rennt (or Run Lola Run), a German film from 1998, starring Franka Potente. The film tells the story of red-haired Lola, who has just 20 minutes in which to find 100,000 Deutschmarks. Her boyfriend, Manni (played by Moritz Bleibtreu) needs the money by 12 o'clock or he will ...  Read the complete review

Foreign language films have always been a bit of a no go area for me. There are so many decent films in English, why would I bother watching something where I have to read subtitles? I have a feeling you're probably already nodding your head in agreement. Once in a while however, an exception comes along (to prove the rule? Possibly.) The most obvious recent example is Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - if you haven't seen that then please pay your local video shop a visit as soon as you have finished reading (and rating) this op. Less well known but also worthy of being regarded as an exception is the ingenious Run Lola Run. This German language ...  Read the complete review

Run Lola Run is among my favourite ever foreign language films and a real cult classic starring Franka Potente as the lead character caught up in circumstances beyond her control. The film opens with Lola awoken from sleep by a phone-call from her boyfriend, Manni. Manni is in trouble. He has mislaid a bag containing 100,000 Marks; the ill-gotten gains of his Crime Boss who understandably will not be too happy when he eventually finds out! Manni has twenty minutes to find the money before everything goes tits up and phones Lola in the desperate hope that she can possibly help him. Lola's solution is to go to her father, a local Bank Manager, and ask him for ...  Read the complete review